In Capital Cases: Justice, Mercy and Humility Deficit Shortchanges Everyone

clipped from www.shreveporttimes.com Death row exonerations point to flaws in system By Alison Bath • alisonbath1@gannett.com • January 24, 2010 Eight men have been found innocent of the crimes that put them on Louisiana's death row. All were exonerated before they were put to death and ultimately freed from prison. Nationwide, 139 people sentenced to death since 1973 subsequently have been found innocent and released from death row, according to data provided by the Washington D.C.-based Death Penalty Information Center.